Breakthrough Prize for Super-K and T2K

Super-K, K2K and T2K (the latter two combined) were recognized along with Daya Bay, KamLAND and SNO by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, a relatively new award. The awarded for Super-K was received by Kajita and Suzuki, with authors of the 1998 and 2001 atmospheric neutrino and solar neutrino papers being named as co-laureates. The K2K/T2K award was received by Nishikawa and likewise, numerous authors of key papers were named as co-laureates.